Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . ^- BUILDINGS ident of the Board of Trustees, and Airs. Monroe. Itwas dedicated in May 1886 by Dr. Mark church, which will seat 1000 persons, is a perfectspecimen of Italian Romanesque architecture, built ofred brick outside and cream brick inside. It has asquare tower 127 feet high, containing a chime ofeight bells and an illuminated clock. Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade Schoolwas opened in November 1896, with an address byPresident Gilman of John Hopkins University. It was
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . ^- BUILDINGS ident of the Board of Trustees, and Airs. Monroe. Itwas dedicated in May 1886 by Dr. Mark church, which will seat 1000 persons, is a perfectspecimen of Italian Romanesque architecture, built ofred brick outside and cream brick inside. It has asquare tower 127 feet high, containing a chime ofeight bells and an illuminated clock. Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade Schoolwas opened in November 1896, with an address byPresident Gilman of John Hopkins University. It wasa one-story brick building on the plan of a quadruplecross with an interior courtyard. A second story hasrecently been added which doubles the original floorspace. Its extreme length is 278 feet and its width220 feet Its floor space of 60,000 square feet is dividedinto 18 rooms for the various trades. Part of the costwas supplied by the late Mr. Morris K. Jesup of NewYork and the remainder by other friends. Domestic Science Building, erected by privategifts, was opened in May 1898 with an address by Hon
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